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Newsweek’s Johnathan Alter has an article on the Netroots.

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Song: Symphony 2000
Artist: EPMD (Wikipedia)
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Speed: Medium
Lyrics: Lyrics Depot
Notes: I like the beat of this song. It has a violin in the background which is kinda cool. Anyways, EPMD=Erick and Parrish Making Dollars. (Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith were the members of EPMD.)
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The London Times reports, in an article about the Iraqi Olympic tennis coach and two players who were killed for wearing shorts recently:
Radicals have been leaving leaflets at homes, forbidding women to drive or go outside without being veiled. The leaflet also warns men not to wear shorts or dress in T-shirts bearing images or […]

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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and NYT’s Patrick Healy seem to be obsessed with the state of the Clinton’s marraige. Media Matters writes:

Healy noted that a “tabloid photograph” of former President Bill Clinton “was enough to fuel coverage in the gossip pages.” Media Matters does not endorse the decision by elite media figures to take their cues […]

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This is really more about Hastert than Jefferson, but this wouldn’t have come out without him. Some interesting insight from the Times today:

Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is moving publicly to put his constitutional showdown with the Justice Department in the past, but many on Capitol Hill believe that the bitter confrontation will resonate in the […]

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Oh man, this is pretty hillarious. Here’s what happened. As you might know, a few weeks ago, Apple Computer was sued by Apple Corps (which is the Beatles old record company). Apple Corps has sued Apple Computer a bunch of times to try and get money out of it, alleging that the California-based computer company […]

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Associated Press has an article out titled “House leaders concede FBI right to search.” The headline, to me at least, seems a tad bit misleading because it sort of implies that hastert and Pelosi have said that the FBI was right to search Jefferson’s offices in the way that they did.
Pelosi and Hastert have said […]

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AP:
Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg thrust himself into the national immigration debate Wednesday, advocating a plan that would establish a DNA or fingerprint database to track and verify all legal U.S. workers.
Gee, that isn’t creepy at allllllllll.

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So apparently the President is comparing the struggle against global violent extremism, (or whatever they’re calling it these days) to the Cold War. Cause you know, that one was such a great war. The Cold War, in case you don’t remember kids, was the “war” which lasted decades, and embroiled in it a thousand other […]

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Pfffffft. Royalty.

Prince Philip says all opening and closing ceremonies at the Olympics should be banned.
“I am truly fed up with the opening and closing ceremonies. They are a pain in the neck,” said the Queen’s husband, renowned for his outspoken views and political gaffes.
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“Opening and closing ceremonies ought to be banned,” he told the newspaper. […]

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Some words of wisdom on leaks, quoting from the Associated Press:

[House Representative] Jane Harman of California, agreed that leaked information can undermine intelligence and military work.
“Leaks can get people killed,” she said. “Leaks can compromise the way we fight terrorists.”
She cautioned, however, that critics should not present a false choice between a free press and […]

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I don’t think anybody saw this coming. It appears (okay, NYT is reporting) that Attorney General Gonzales may have actually threatened the President with his resignation if he turned the evidence seized by the FBI from congressman William Jefferson’s office late last week.

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, and […]

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Ah, the many faces of Dick Cheney. Which is your favorite? Click image for a larger version.

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Apparently bored with representing people, Senator Allen takes up football (left). Meanwhile, Senator Santorum shares an awkward moment with the President (right).
So which is worse? The incumbent Republican Senator who does not even live in the state he claims to represent, or the incumbent Republican Senator who admits that he doesn’t do his job because […]

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Forget about getting the President’s mojo back.
Now the President’s got to get his Texas swagger back!

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